AP PhotoJosh Hamilton, left, already has five home runs and 12 RBIs in 12 games for the Texas Rangers.

FINAL: RANGERS 10, TIGERS 3

BOT 9th10:53 p.m.: Santiago lines out to shortstop, Jackson flies out to center and Boesch grounds out to second to end this one. Matt Harrison vs. Rick Porcello on Friday.

TOP 9th10:48 p.m.: Napoli grounds into a double play to end the inning.

10:45 p.m.: Young collects his third hit of the night and the 18th of the night for Texas. Cruz singles for No. 19. Do I hear 20?BOT 8th10:37 p.m.: Peralta grounds out to third to end the inning. This game is more than 3 hours and 30 minutes old and only 8 innings are complete. Welcome to Tigers-Rangers.

10:29 p.m.: Kelly brings in Cabrera and Fielder with a bases-loaded single and has all 3 RBIs for the Tigers tonight. Texas going to the bullpen.10:24 p.m.: Fielder singles behind Cabrera. Before that at-bat, he was hitting .727 after a Cabrera hit. Going up.

10:22 p.m.: Cabrera with his first hit of the game, a single, after Boesch flies out to center to start the inning.TOP 8th10:18 p.m.: Hamilton mercifully ends the inning by flying out to center.

10:13 p.m.: You want offense? Andrus singles and Kinsler scores. Leyland is finally coming to get Schlereth. See ya, kid.

10:11 p.m.: Kinsler the latest Rangers hitter to get a double. This plates two more runs off Schlereth.10:09 p.m.: Torrealba doubles down the right-field line and Cruz scores. 7-1. Schlereth being hung out to dry against this lineup.

10:06 p.m.: After Beltre flies out to center to start the inning, Young singles to right and the Tigers killer Cruz hammers a line drive to right center that goes to the wall. Double and an RBI. 6-1, and Napoli is being intentionally walked.

BOT 7th10:01 p.m.: Santiago pops out to shortstop and Jackson strikes out to end Detroit's threat. Still only two hits tonight for the Tigers.9:58 p.m.: Alexi Ogando on for the Rangers now to face Santiago with two on and one out.

9:55 p.m.: Huge strikeout for Darvish of Peralta for the first out. And that'll do it for Yu, almost a batter or two too late.

9:51 p.m.: Kelly reaches after hitting a one-hopper at Kinsler, who bobbles it. A double-ball that was not. E-4. Darvish staying in -- for now.9:48 p.m.: Avila with a leadoff walk and Robbie Ross is up in the Rangers' bullpen.

TOP 7th9:43 p.m.: Great play by Santiago helps the Tigers and Schlereth avoid further damage. Schlereth went from 0-2 to 3-2 on Hamilton before getting the groundout.9:39 p.m.: Schlereth walks Andrus and now gets to face Hamilton. Tigers need another arm in that bullpen, it appears.

9:35 p.m.: Two on for the Rangers after a one-out single from Torrealba and Ballester hits Kinsler. Schlereth coming in for Detroit. Ballester threw 61 pitches in just 2 2/3 innings.BOT 6th9:24 p.m.: Young is no Andrus when it comes to speed. A wild pitch by Darvish and he advances to second, but then tries to take third. Dead duck. Inning over.9:19 p.m.: Cabrera with a loud out to the warning track in right field.

TOP 6th9:13 p.m.: Cruz flies out to end the inning.

9:12 p.m.: On a close play at first, Young beats out what would have been an inning-ending double play. RBI on the groundout, 5-1 Rangers.

9:10 p.m.: Beltre hits a chopper in the hole and Peralta's only play is to second. Hamilton still safe. Bases loaded with one out for Young. This game might be blown open. Duane Below warming in the Detroit bullpen.

9:06 p.m.: Andrus walks with one out and steals second base easily. Hamilton then follows with a walk.

BOT 5th9 p.m.: A 1-2-3 inning for Darvish as Santiago flies out to center, Jackson grounds out to third and Boesch flies out to left.TOP 5th8:54 p.m.: Young and Cruz stole third and second, respectively, but Gentry struck out to end the inning. Detroit very fortunate to be down only 4-1.8:51 p.m.: Torrealba with a one-out sacrifice fly to bring in Beltre for the Rangers' fourth run.8:49 p.m.: After Young walked to load the bases, Cruz hit a bloop to Santiago at second and he misplayed it badly. Run scores. Everybody safe. E-4.8:43 p.m.: Wild pitch by Ballester and the runners move up. This is a 2-1 game, but feels like it should be 7-1 or 8-1.

8:41 p.m.: Sharply ground ball by Beltre and Cabrera backhanded it, but was unable to get Hamilton at second. First and second now for the Rangers. Cabrera charged with an error.

8:38 p.m.: A leadoff walk for Hamilton and that's it for Wilk. Ballester on in relief. A couple of innings back I predicted Wilk would go 4 1/3. One out off.

8:36 p.m.: Hamilton swings and tosses his bat into the crowd. A few fans play tug-of-war with it. 8:35 p.m.: Ballester still warming in the Tigers' bullpen. This could be the last inning for Wilk.

BOT 4th8:33 p.m.: Darvish avoids further damage as Peralta flies out to right to end the inning. The Japanese pitcher has shown nice command against a tough lineup.8:32 p.m.: Kelly does the job Avila didn't. Avila struck out on a breaking ball, but Kelly grounds to second base to drive in Fielder. It's Kelly's first RBI of the season.

8:26 p.m.: After a leadoff walk from Fielder, Young doubled down the right-field line. And the Tigers are in business.

TOP 4th8:22 p.m.: Wilk pitches out of a jam by getting Andrus to ground out to third to end the inning. He's up to 66 pitches through four innings. Collin Balester was in up the Tigers' bullpen.

8:18 p.m.: Perfect bunt down the line for Gentry with one out and Cabrera had no chance. That's 10 hits already for Texas, including nine singles.

8:16 p.m.: Napoli singles to lead off the inning, his second hit against Wilk tonight. The leadoff man has reached in three of four innings for Texas.BOT 3rd8:13 p.m.: Santiago led off the inning with a walk, but the Tigers couldn't even advance him. Austin Jackson (looking) and Brennan Boesch (swinging) were strikeout victims and Cabrera flew out to center field. Even with the walk, that was Darvish's best inning.

TOP 3rd8:04 p.m.: Beltre flew out to Kelly in left and Young popped out to Fielder in foul ground. Cruz singled to right field to keep Wilk from a 1-2-3 inning. That brought up Napoli, but Wilk picked off Cruz to end the inning. Nobody was hit by Fielder's throw this time.

BOT 2nd7:50 p.m.: Delmon Young flied out to left field to lead off the inning. Alex Avila grounded out to shortstop.

7:54 p.m.: Don Kelly collects the Tigers' first hit off Darvish, but the inning ends after Peralta grounds out to shortstop. Darvish's fastball has reached 95 mph, but he's needed 38 pitches to get through the first two innings. Setting up as a night of the bullpens.

TOP 2nd7:35 p.m.: Mike Napoli homered to lead off the inning, his fifth of the season.

7:42 p.m.: The Rangers now have seven hits off Wilk after back-to-back hits from Kinsler and Andrus. This just in: Texas can hit.

7:43 p.m.:
Hamilton grounds out to Fielder to end the inning. The Rangers have
seven hits, but just two runs. Wilk has 39 pitches through two innings.

BOT 1st7:31 p.m.: The Tigers made Yu Darvish work
through a 19-pitch first inning, but only were able to manage a walk by
Brennan Boesch. Boesch's free pass is notable because it's his first
walk of the season. Yes, the season. Prince Fielder grounded out to
second base to end the inning with Boesch on second.

TOP 1st7:20 p.m.: Tigers starter Adam Wilk surrendered singles to Ian Kinsler, Josh Hamilton and Michael Young, the last one scoring Andrus for a 1-0 Rangers lead. Young's single went under a diving Miguel Cabrera. Wilk had two strikeouts and got last year's ALCS MVP Nelson Cruz to fly out to Austin Jackson to end the inning. Wilk needed 21 pitches to get through the top of the first.

PREGAMEWhile much of the pregame focus is on Japenese star Yu Darvish making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers against the Detroit Tigers, it's also a matchup of the two of the best offenses in the American League.

The Rangers lead the AL with a .293 team batting average and the Tigers are second in the league at .268. Texas has a MLB-high 22 home runs and is second to the St. Louis Cardinals with 69 runs scored.

The rematch of last year's American League Championship Series might not shape up as a pitcher's duel.